Apps to ensure code quality

JIRA is a tool that monitors issues and the project’s progress. This integration allows to receive notifications in Slack when an issue is created or updated. Every change in JIRA will be visible on Slack according to your status settings.

GitHub is an online source code hosting tool for Git projects that also allows code review, collaboration and issue tracking. Every commit, pull request and activity will be posted to a channel on Slack. Integration with Slack is a great way to make software development transparent for every project stakeholder.

This is a continuous integration platform that takes care of running your software tests and deploying your apps. This integration will allow your team to receive notifications in Slack for normal branch builds, and for pull requests, as well.

Apps for smooth communication

Screenleap makes it easy to share your screen with other team members when using Slack in Chrome. To start a screen share, you just need to enter /leap in any channel, which automatically generates a link that can be posted to your team members.

By using Google Hangouts’ integration with Slack, you can start a Hangout by simply entering /hangout in any channel. This will give you a link from which you can start a Hangout with the people in that channel, or you can invite other Slack team members to Google Hangouts.

Apps for tracking progress

Trello’s integration for Slack will notify every team member when any changes are made on their Trello board. It’s an easy way to track how each task is completed and updated. The integration also allows members to add new cards directly from Slack by using the /trello add command.

This is an automated Slack bot that runs your meeting for you by automatically asking your team three daily standup questions. At the end of each meeting, the bot creates and emails a report to your team members. It’s a good alternative to the daily standup meetings when video calls aren’t possible.

For file sharing and administration

With this integration, every Google Docs file shared through Slack will be automatically indexed, which means you can easily search and find them later. The integration allows you to create any type of Google Docs file from Slack by clicking the “+” button to the left of the Slack message box.